[R] Problem installing some r-packages via spack

[Oren Shani]

Hi All,

This occurs when I try to install certain r packages via the Spack package
manager (the example is for DelayedArray):

     70    ** R
     71    ** inst
     72    ** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
  >> 73    Error: objects 'crossprod', 'tcrossprod' are not exported by
'namespace:Matrix'
     74    Execution halted
     75    ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'DelayedArray'

The command that Spack is executing is something like this:

/usr/local/spack/opt/spack/linux-debian12-x86_64/gcc-12.2.0/r-4.4.1-loskbhydpk5kch62qtgxfwl3zdova22s/rlib/R/bin/INSTALL
--library=/usr/local/spack/opt/spack/linux-debian12-x86_64/gcc-12.2.0/r-delayedarray-0.32.0-5bysjvs6ohawjzdg3j6xzgzz4ps4ukbg/rlib/R/library
 .

I was able to tell Spack to add the --no-byte-compile flag but that doesn't
make any difference

I am really out of my wits here and this problem inhibits the installation
of several software packages that our users really need, so any help is
much appreciated

Many thanks,

Oren

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